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What explains the gender earnings gap in self-employment? A decomposition analysis with German data
Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - 2012
Using a large data set for Germany, we show that both the raw and the unexplained gender earnings gap are higher in self-employment than in paid employment. Applying an Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, more than a quarter of the difference in monthly self-employment earnings can be traced back to...
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Health and labour income of wage earners and self-employed workers in Cameroon
Fomba Kamga, Benjamin; Kengne Kamga, Arline; Audibert, … - 2013
The objective of this paper is to assess the relationship between the health and the income from work of wage earners … and self-employed workers in Cameroon. Health status is measured by a self-assessment of an individual's health; and … a simultaneous equation model to explore the relationship between health and income, allowing for the endogeneity of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293185
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Health and Labour Income of Wage Earners and Self-Employed Workers in Cameroon
Fomba Kamga, Benjamin; Kengne Kamga, Arline; Audibert, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The objective of this paper is to assess the relationship between the health and the income from work of wage earners … and self-employed workers in Cameroon. Health status is measured by a self-assessment of an individual's health; and … a simultaneous equation model to explore the relationship between health and income, allowing for the endogeneity of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635586
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The Perceived Well-Being and Health Costs of Exiting Self-Employment
Nikolova, Milena; Nikolaev, Boris; Popova, Olga - 2020
We explore how involuntary and voluntary exits from self-employment affect life and health satisfaction. To that end …-employment exit) brings small improvements in health and life satisfaction, the negative psychological costs of business failure (i … physical health and behaviors such as smoking and drinking, implying that the costs of losing self-employment are largely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207868
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Modeling Area-Level Health Rankings
Courtemanche, Charles; Soneji, Samir; Tchernis, Rusty - 2013
We propose a Bayesian factor analysis model to rank the health of localities. Mortality and morbidity variables …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328998
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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Modin, Bitte - 2013
We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329078
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The Effect of Health Changes and Long-Term Health on the Work Activity of Older Canadians
Au, Doreen; Crossley, Thomas F.; Schellhorn, Martin - 2004
Using longitudinal data from the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS), we study the relationship between … health and employment among older Canadians. We focus on two issues: (1) the possible endogeneity of self-reported health …, particularly ?justification bias?, and (2) the relative importance of health changes and long-term health in the decision to work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262030
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Health and Wealth of Elderly Couples : Causality Tests Using Dynamic Panel Data Models
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; van Soest, Arthur - 2004
A positive relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and health, the so-called "health-wealth gradient", is … repeatedly found in most industrialized countries with similar levels of health care technology and economic welfare. This study … analyzes causality from health to wealth (health causation) and from wealth to health (wealth or social causation) for elderly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262057
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Healthy Living in Hard Times
Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2003
Using microdata for adults from the 1987-2000 years of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, I show that smoking and height-adjusted weight decline during temporary economic downturns while leisure-time physical activity rises. The drop in tobacco use occurs disproportionately among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262072
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Estimating the Effect of Income on Health and Mortality Using Lottery Prizes as Exogenous Source of Variation in Income
Lindahl, Mikael - 2002
A vast literature has established a strong positive association of income with health status and a negative association … with mortality. This paper studies the effects of income on health and mortality, using only the part of income variation … causally generates good health and that this effect is of similar magnitude as when traditional estimation techniques are used …
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